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Say what you want about credit cards and their profit motive. Personally I like my credit card, don't run a balance, and enjoy the perks. However, there's plenty of reason not to like them, and I'm not going to argue with someone who thinks credit cards an evil enterprise.
That said what people are forgetting here is that credit cards haven't so much replaced cash as much as personal checks. There's no question that credit cards are much more efficient and generally more fraud proof in comparison to checks. I'm glad I don't have to carry around thousands of dollars in cash, and I'm glad that businesses don't have to deal with bounced checks. Say what you will about interest rates, but from a transaction efficiency point of view plastic has benefited society even with the 2-3% charge.
Lynx,
My point isn't that LED lights are the solution today, but solution for tomorrow. I was being somewhat trite in my statement and didn't mean for people to take it literally. But the main point holds true, we should not only solve today's problems, but actually get ahead of the curve. Just because LEDs has problems doesn't mean we don't try.
I'm fine with all the different names; Indians, Braves, Blackhawks... I don't find these names any more wrong than Vikings, Yankees, Celtics, etc. But come on people have you looked at Chief Wahoo. He's an offensive caricature. I don't care if he was real person. Somehow I doubt that the cartoon is based on some photo of the chief. He's caricature based on old racist attitudes, and the sooner we admit that and get rid of him, the better off we'll all be.
